Still protected by the Azores anticyclone we still felt the effect of a trough passing through the N of Spain yesterday. Also today a cold front passes to the NE of the Peninsula. The skew T temp trace is similar to yesterday and shows cloud forming with temps in the mid 30s which will allow […]
An epic day with fantastic thermic conditions taking us over 4000m along the classic SW convergence line. Marco made the best with 165km. Behind him was Freddie 127km, Alan 111km, Rob 84km and Dave 80km. Martin, Jess and John were in Avila and the rest of the group between the Pass and Avila. All in […]
We continue within the Azores high, although low pressure is slowly moving in from the west increasing a little the instability. Today has an enormous potential for Open XC. a little more wind than previous days and a higher base with possible clouds forming at 5200m later in the afternoon. A 200km day for […]
Rob made his PB on distance, duration and height gain. Likewise Jeff, and also the first 100km O& return for Alan and Marco I think. An great day with climbs to 4300m, light winds and convergence.
Once again quite a high trigger temp, c 32ºC, but more wind from the SW which means we can continue with greater ease after Avila. Convergence throughout most of the route to Segovia and beyond. A classic Piedrahita open XC day. Take off time probably similar to yesterday.
The Azores anticyclone in place and a heat low forming over the Peninsula. Classic normal conditions for very good XC conditions here in central Spain. The upper level flow in the boundary layer is from the SW, however, winds are light so the vally breezes will dominate and convergence will be important for us today. […]
Looks like just maybe the beginning of the end of the Race to day at the X Alps. Here are a few quick colour sketches looking for the exaggeration in in the faces of of some of the competitors. Doodles while checking the daily reports and the first stage before spending more time and ensuring […]
This should be a simple day for easy XC and good for a closed circuit competion task. Theremal trigger temp around 30ºC with an inversion early on at 2600 which moves above 3000m. We should get good quality thermal climbs to around 3200m later in the day. Winds generally light with the valley breezes dominating […]
A rather brisk SW wind going more W as the day goes on. Potentially an acceptable open XC day but potentially on the strong side for us. Winds are likely to come onto PN, but once again problematic from that site till later in the thermal day. Inversion around 2100m at midday, rising to 2600 […]
The forecast was for an epic day to Arcones but the weather forecast was wrong with the W winds which were light so the N came in after the Pass. Only Bart and Denis went over and Bart valiantly pushed on for his PB with a flight of 50km to just short of Avila. […]